Numa Ridge Fire Lookout | |
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Nearest city | West Glacier, Montana |
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Coordinates | 48°53′1″N 114°10′43″W / 48.88361°N 114.17861°W |
Built | 1934 |
MPS | Glacier National Park MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 86000357 |
Added to NRHP | February 14, 1986 [1] |
The Numa Ridge Fire Lookout in Glacier National Park is significant as one of a chain of staffed fire lookout posts within the park. The low two-story timber-construction structure with a pyramidal roof was built in 1933. [2] The lookout was built to a standard plan originated by the U.S. Forest Service as part of a program to provide overlapping fire lookout coverage within the park. [3]
Author Edward Abbey spent the summer of 1975 manning Numa Ridge Lookout. [4]
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Numa Ridge Fire Lookout | |
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Nearest city | West Glacier, Montana |
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Coordinates | 48°53′1″N 114°10′43″W / 48.88361°N 114.17861°W |
Built | 1934 |
MPS | Glacier National Park MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 86000357 |
Added to NRHP | February 14, 1986 [1] |
The Numa Ridge Fire Lookout in Glacier National Park is significant as one of a chain of staffed fire lookout posts within the park. The low two-story timber-construction structure with a pyramidal roof was built in 1933. [2] The lookout was built to a standard plan originated by the U.S. Forest Service as part of a program to provide overlapping fire lookout coverage within the park. [3]
Author Edward Abbey spent the summer of 1975 manning Numa Ridge Lookout. [4]
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